St. Peter Parish in Rutland has entered the solar energy age, the first parish in the Diocese of Burlington to install money-saving solar panels to generate electricity; it seems appropriate that the pastor is a Capuchin Franciscan.

Svetlana Fischer grew up in Russia where her mother cooked from scratch. There was not much variety because of shortages or rationing, so the family ate foods that were the "labors of my Mom's and Dad's hands," the St. Johnsbury resident said. "It was very good quality, but a simple, Russian diet."

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